World’s Best Honeymoon Destinations

For some, it’s Paris or Rome. For others it’s the exotic islands of Thailand. The possibilities for the perfect honeymoon are seemingly endless. Here are some of the most popular honeymoon spots around the globe—destinations that let you bring home a lifetime’s worth of romantic memories. Getting married anytime soon and looking for a perfect romantic honeymoon getaway. Worry not, you are on right place. You will get best Honeymoon Packages for following destinations. Read More...

The Maldives

A private villa standing over crystal blue waters; days that end with orange sunsets over the ocean horizon; a glistening turquoise sea and white sands; The Maldives is the world’s best backdrop for the perfect honeymoon. The only thing that would make you want to leave your room is the breathtaking coral reef and underwater creatures that demand a scuba diving session for a proper introduction. Is a best Destination to enjoy honeymoon.

Bali

What place evokes romance more than Bali? Blending spectacular mountain scenery, virescent rice terraces, enchanting temples and a vibrant culture—Bali stands alone in its lushness and incomparable beauty. Bali is an Indonesian island known for its forested volcanic mountains, iconic rice paddies, beaches and coral reefs. Its one of the most popular tourist destinations in the world. A picturesque backdrop to its colourful, deeply spiritual and unique culture, stakes a serious claim to be paradise on earth.

Mexico

Sun, sand and stellar margaritas make Mexico an ever-popular honeymoon destination. The possibilities are endless: the ancient ruins of Tulum, the pristine beaches of Cobo San Lucas, the fabulous resorts in Playa del Carmen—the country has just the right amount of sabor to spice up any trip.

New Zealand

For those who like the outdoors, there really is no better place to honeymoon than New Zealand. Enjoy long drives across winding roads, climb picturesque mountains, shop for Maori artefacts, or try bungee jumping and sky diving—you’d be hard pressed to find a more diverse destination.

Thailand

Few destinations in the world offer such a heady experience as Thailand. From tropical islands like Phuket and Krabi to culturally rich cities like Bangkok and Chiang Rai, this Asian nation seamlessly combines adventure and relaxation far away from home. Take your honeymoon experience up a notch as you make your way through colourful markets, indulge in delectable cuisine, and walk along white sandy beaches.
 
Greece

Santorini, Athens, Mykonos and Thessaloniki—just a few reasons why Greece’s old-world charm attracts honeymooners from across the globe. Its stellar historical attractions, delicious cuisine, picture-perfect Mediterranean beaches and the gorgeous views from the cliffside hotels in Santorini speak wonders about this honeymooner paradise.

France

France’s allure is a no-brainer for anyone looking for a confluence of romance, culture and history. A French honeymoon can span the wineries of Provence, the beaches of Saint-Tropez, the history of Normandy and, of course, the utter romance of Paris. What could be better than wine, sightseeing and perhaps a little sunbathing?

Italy

The Bel Paese (the Beautiful Country) sweeps you off your feet with its romance and charm. That’s no surprise when you’ve got Rome, with its romantic ruins and palatial hotels, Venice with its heart-stopping canals and Tuscany dotted with endless vineyards. From art and food to flamboyant fashion, Italy has it all.

Costa Rica

The pura vida lifestyle of this Central American country attracts thousands of honeymooners for a tropical rainforest getaway. Costa Rica is a combination of remote beaches, volcanoes, waterfalls, national parks and radiant sunsets. The waves are plenty, the beauty is staggering and the sluggish pace is highly addictive

French Polynesia

Filled with luxurious bungalows, moss-green peaks and vivid turquoise lagoons, sultry French Polynesia is a place to slow down and experience a warm, laid-back country. This South Pacific island cluster includes classic honeymoon getaways like Bora Bora and Tahiti.

Caribbean Islands

The islands of the Caribbean have long been popular for honeymooners and it’s no surprise why—beautiful beaches, luxurious resorts and plenty of activities to welcome you. From Anguilla to Puerto Rico to the United States Virgin Islands, each has its own vibe making it the perfect destination for travellers with varied tastes

Hawaii
It’s hard to go wrong with a honeymoon in Hawaii. The Islands boast of the some of the world’s most dramatic scenery including tropical rainforests, miles and miles of sandy beaches, gushing waterfalls and exotic flowers in abundance.




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A rendezvous with food in Kochi

When in Kerala, do not eat. Experience. What better place than Kochi to start on this culinary journey. Here is a guide to some of the most amazing restaurants in Kochi. Start with the very artsy Kashi Art Cafe, hop over for a vegan sandwich to the Solar Cafe, try Norwegian salmon at The Rice Boat, dig into Malabari parottas at History Restaurant or savour traditional Kerala cuisine at the Malabar Junction. Food in Kochi is a delight.

Pepper House Café

Originally a godown, this ancient building has been renovated, and part of it is used as a cafe, part of it was used as an art gallery for the Kochi-Muziris Biennale, and one whole section is used as a repository of books?mostly on art, the personal collection of noted artist Bose Krishnamachari. One huge room houses the books while another, an impressive collection of DVDs. This room also has TVs and DVD players available with headphones, so visitors can watch what they want, in peace! Besides, the cafe also serves great food.


Kashi Art Gallery

This one is located in the centre of the town, near the cathedral, and is one of the most popular cafés here. The food is excellent, but the art here is truly inspiring. Every wall, pillar and corner is covered by interesting works of art?sculptures, paintings, carvings and local craft.

Great for a quick bite, Kashi Art Gallery's cafe is perfect to dig into delicacies such as coconut milk coffee, herb cheese sandwich, cinnamon breakfast cake, seafood salad, spinach lasagna and more. Usually, you will find people making a beeline for its chocolate specials. Equally loved for its food as well as the art exhibits, Kashi Art Gallery is a must visit in Fort Kochi.


Solar Cafe

An impressive, artsy food joint, Solar Cafe promises fresh, organic food with a taste that deserves accolades. It is right by the ferry and quite close to Kochi Biennale venue, making it perfect for a quick meal or two while you take a break from all the roaming around. Walk in for specials such as wild farmer’s omelette, Kerala chapati with coconut tomato curry, tomato pasta, vegan hummus, beetroot pancake wraps and a range of salads. Fresh produce such as thyme, basil, coriander and lettuce is used for ingredients. Fresh fruit bowls are another hit at the Solar Cafe. This cafe also boasts of an impressive book collection on environmental sustainability. Mr Farooq, who runs the cafe, a man with immense knowledge of Kerala’s culture and history, can help you plan an offbeat itinerary for Kochi as well!

Malabar Junction

Another amazing restaurant in Kochi that you cannot miss? Malabar Junction fuses Mediterranean and Kerala cuisine. With a lot of organic produce in its recipes, it will lure you with specialities such as tiger prawns in mango moilly, chicken duet, grilled tuna, Cochin pork vindaloo, tiger prawn biryani, crab cutlet, coconut mousse, Malabar burger, homemade tiramisu and more. It also has a fine collection of beverages, including some of the choicest wines and beer.


History Restaurant

Another gem of a restaurant, this one offers cuisine that draws from more than 30 communities from Kerala. A must-visit for those with a love of quirky, it serves dishes as different as steak fernandez, anglo Indian beef cutlets, tiger prawns with idiyappam, vattalappam, chocolate mousse with rosemary biscuit, creamy crab soup, railway mutton curry, Malabari parottas, duck cutlets and more?best washed down with fish tea. Seafood at the History Restaurant is fresh catch, straight from the Kochi fishing port and has foodies queuing up for dinner. Reservation is, thus, advisable.


The Rice Boat

This one calls for a seafood alert. Built like a kettuvallam, traditional rice boats of Kerala, this place leaves an impression both with its food as well as ambience. The cuisine here is a mix of specialities from Kerala’s backwaters, exotic fresh catch from the sea and international seafood. Here, you can dig into some unforgettable Norwegian salmon, local sweet water fish (a backwaters’ exclusive), crab and coconut soup with scallops. Another must-try at The Rice Boat is the grilled white snapper that comes wrapped in a banana leaf, well-complemented by tamarind and pepper sauce. An uninterrupted view of the ocean makes a meal all the more delightful.



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How to Pass Time While Travelling for Long Hours

When traveling on long journeys, sometimes it feels like the hours are just dragging by. But using some of these steps, you can kill time.

Get a pen and some paper. You can use these to play all kinds of games such as X and O, name-place-animal-thing and many more. If you don't have anyone to play with, try doodling. Also, try to find a small, fold-away travel game such as chess which you could play with someone else.

Bring a few magazines or newspapers along or read the in-flight magazine or sales catalog if you're on a plane. Carry your own magazines or newspaper while you are travelling in Bus or Train.

Bring along an MP3 player or iPod and listen to your favorite songs. On long and crowded plane or coach trips, you could use music to drown out background noise and help you get to sleep.

Bring a portable DVD player or Tab, Laptop to watch a movie.

Bring a portable gaming system or cell phone to play games. If you are a gamer, buy a new game or two before you go and start them during the trip.

Do some crosswords or puzzles. Not only will you pass time, but you will also be exercising your brain.

Look out the window and enjoy the scenery.

Sleep! It is the best way to pass time, especially on long flights, train or bus journey.

Count the number of a certain thing as you travel, if you're in a car. (yellow cars, fast food restaurants, Volkswagen's, or license plates from different regions) If you're in an airplane, count how many people walk down the aisle, count the clouds, etc.

Listen to an audio book. If you love a good story but reading makes you feel carsick, or if you're the one driving, this is a great alternative.

Have a conversation with someone you are traveling with.



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Top 10 foods to try in Sri Lanka

A trip to the island of Sri Lanka is an opportunity to feast on its rich, melting-pot cuisine, which is influenced by its geography. Positioned in the Indian Ocean between Eastern and Western culture, expect an abundance of flavours...

Sri Lanka is emerging as an Asian hotspot with its stellar combination of World Heritage sites, wildlife, history, rich culture, pristine beaches and friendly people. For travelers it's a feast for all the senses.

Don’t leave Sri Lanka without trying…

Kottu roti

It’s common to hear the rhythmic clank of the kottu maker on the streets - it’s the ultimate Sri Lankan street food. It’s basically a stir-fry which originated as a simple way of dealing with leftovers. Featuring pieces of roti (bread) mixed together with finely shredded vegetables or pieces of meat, soya sauce, spices, ginger and garlic, on a flat iron skillet using two metal cleavers with wooden handles. You can usually find it in the evenings on the many street stalls, which make use of the leftover ingredients of the day!

Lamprais

Originating from a Dutch word that translates as ‘a packet of food’, this is a dish usually made by the Burgher community, who are descendents of colonial Europeans. It consists of boiled eggs, eggplant, frikkadels (Dutch-style beef balls), mixed meats (soya for vegetarians) and sambol. Infused with cardamom, cloves, cinnamon and rice the mix is then wrapped in a banana leaf and baked in the oven at a low temperature for several hours.

Dhal curry

Rice and curry is Sri Lankan comfort food. Dhal curry is made from red lentils (masoor dhal) cooked in coconut milk. Onions, tomatoes and fresh green chilies, are sautéed and mixed with tempered spices like cumin seeds, turmeric, fenugreek, mustard seeds and pandan leaves. This is even more delicious when made in an earthen pot.

Gotu kola mallung (salad)

Mallung is very much a part of the Sri Lankan diet. They deliver a dose of vitamins to a meal loaded with carbs and protein while adding colourful aesthetic appeal. Mallum or mallung is made with chopped greens and chilies then seasoned with salt, pepper and lemon juice as well as ginger, shallots and a sprinkling of fresh grated coconut. Gotu kola leaves (Asiatic pennywort) are used to make a tangy, salad-like taboulleh.

Eggplant (wambatu) moju

One of the most celebrated classic Sri Lankan dishes with plenty of regional variations. It tastes like a caramelised pickle and is usually served with rice. The eggplant slices are deep-fried until brown and then combined with, chili powder, ground mustard seeds, cloves, salt, sugar and vinegar to create a piquant dark saucy moju. This is then added to fried shallots, crushed garlic and shredded ginger and served with plain rice.

Egg hoppers with sambol (appa)

Egg Hoppers - Food you must eat in Sri LankaHoppers are basically the Sri Lankan version of thin pancakes with crispy edges. These crepe-like bowls are made from fermented rice flour, coconut milk, coconut water and a little sugar. A ladle of batter is fried in a small wok and swirled around to even it out. An egg is cracked into the bowl-shaped pancake as it cooks. Traditionally, hoppers were cooked at home over coconut-shell embers. Egg hoppers are garnished with lunu miris - a sambol of onions, chilies, lemon juice and salt. Pol sambol, which might also be called fresh coconut relish, is a simple blend of finely grated coconut, red onions, dried whole chilies, lime juice, salt and a little fish. It is sprinkled over almost everything! Research tells us it may have originated in Indonesia, but it is found all over Sri Lanka.

Wood apple juice

If you walk through a market in Sri Lanka, your nose will lead you to the wood apple stall - it’s a South Asian fruit with a brown paste inside the hard shell. The fruit has many health benefits and aids digestion. A favourite with the locals is a wood apple smoothie, a blend with jaggery and water.

Green jackfruit curry (polos)

Jackfruit, both the unripe and ripe fruit is very popular in the country. The young green jackfruit called polos is sliced into small chunks and boiled until soft. It's then cooked with onions, garlic, ginger and spices such as mustard seeds, turmeric, chili powder, curry powder and pandan leaves. Coconut milk has to be added towards the end and simmered to reduce most of the liquid, leaving all the beautiful flavors within the cubes of jackfruit!

Fish ambul thiyal (sour fish curry)

Must Eat food in Sri Lanka while your visit - Fish Ambul ThiyalThis peppery fish dish originated in Southern Sri Lanka as a method to preserve fish. Cubed fish (usually tuna) is sautéed in a blend of spices including black pepper, cinnamon, turmeric, garlic, pandan leaves and curry leaves. The most significant ingredient is dried goraka, a tamarind-like fruit that gives the fish its distinctive, tart flavour. All the ingredients are simmered with a small amount of water and cooked until the liquid reduces. This allows the spice mixture to coat each cube of fish and makes a dry curry.

Watalappan

Malay-influenced Watalappan, which is very popular with Sri Lankan Muslims, is a must for their religious festivals. It’s a rich steamed egg custard made with Kitul jaggery, coconut milk and spices like cinnamon, cardamom and nutmeg. Air bubbles keep the thick dessert from getting too heavy.

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6 Places to Visit in Padova

Padova was for century under the control of the Republic of Venice, and its structure and history are very tied to the Serenissima. Just to give you an idea, most of the canals are artificial, and were build specifically in order to allow boats from Venice to arrive right in the center of the city, for commerce. Today, it is still possible to travel by boat, even oaring, straight from Padova to Venice.

Visting most of the city by foot is possible and it will take you somewhere between half a day and a day, depending what you choose to see.

6. Cappella Degli Scrovegni

This is one of the two things for which Padova is famous. Cappella degli Scrovegni was a private chapel belonging to the Scrovegni family, a noble family of the area, which is completely painted by Giotto.

Heading inside the chapel, is an experience I strongly recommend: the artistic value is just incredible, the surprise for such a small hidden treasure in a not so famous city like Padova is also very precious.
You will find it very easily while going from the train station to the center. Halfway you’ll see a garden on your left: the chapel is right there.


5. Le Piazze

As we said, the center of Padova is a beautiful pedestrian only area. The heart of the city is composed by 4 squares:

Piazza dei Signori (that could be translated into square of the lords) is famous mainly for the clock, that will show not only the current time but also the moon phase.

Piazza del Duomo clearly hosts the Duomo of Padova, very simple in its architecture, as in the typical style of most North East Italy cities.

Piazza della Frutta on one side, and Piazza delle Erbe on the other, surround the “Palazzo Della Ragione”, building once used for meetings among the lords, discussing law etc.

4. L’Orto Botanico

The Botanical Garden of Padova is the most ancient university botanical garden still in the original location. It was founded in 1545 and is a UNESCO world heritage since 1997.

3. Prato della Valle

Prato della Valle, located after the long “via Roma”, is one of the biggest squares in Europe. An excellent area for ending your walk in Padova, looks like a small green island surrounded by a water ring, was actually the result of a terrain reclamation of the 14th century.

Walk around the island or cross it to reach the fountain in the middle. During spring/summer it’s a very visited area of the city, where people go to play football or sunbath.

2. Sant’Antonio
Sant’Antonio, short for the Basil of Saint Antonio from Padova, patron of the city and buried inside the basil.

It’s the thing for which Padova is most famous, and destination of thousands of pilgrims every year. The entrance is free. Remember that you can’t take pictures inside and that you must be dressed properly.

Inside there are several art treasures, you can walk around the whole basil, which is quite big, and reach the tomb of Sant’Antonio, where most pilgrims gather to pray or leave prayers.

1. La Specola

Some may argue that la Specola is not the most famous or most beautiful place of Padova.

It’s the most special place of Padova: the quiet and silence are incredible, the walk on the canal riverside is romantic, and the sense of peace that it triggers is unparalleled in the whole city.

Besides being beautiful, la Specola is historically important as an astronomic observation tower. The tower was originally a defense outpost built in the 9th century and became part of the university of Padova in 1700.






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